Drop the lap on your town
Move the track onto your own streets with the map above and see how far one lap would reach.
A mile with a dogleg
NASCAR measures it at exactly one mile. The back straight bends in a dogleg, and the turns are banked at 9 and 11 degrees.
How it compares
- 4.00×a lap of Bowman Gray Stadium, the shortest
- ≈ 1×about the same length as a lap of Dover Motor Speedway
- 95%of a lap of New Hampshire Motor Speedway
- 38%of a lap of Talladega Superspeedway, the longest
Questions people ask
How long is a lap of Phoenix Raceway?
1.0 miles (1.609 km).
How many laps is the Freeway Insurance 500?
312 laps, 312 miles (502 km).
What kind of track is Phoenix Raceway?
An intermediate track, an oval between one and two miles long.
How steep are the banks at Phoenix Raceway?
9 degrees in turns 1 and 2, 11 in turns 3 and 4.
Where the numbers come from
Official figure: 1.0 miles (NASCAR). Track: © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: ODbL 1.0.